chapters 1-6
Hawthorne suggest in Chapter One that when each community was, settled, two portions of soil were automatically allotted to
a cemetery and a prison
Why did Hester go to Governor Bellingham's residence?
To deliver a pair of gloves
To appeal to him not to tale pearl
WHo is mentally torturing Dimmesdale?
Chillingworth
in chapter 16, hester plans to meet with dimmesdale to
tell him the truth about chillingworth
Dimmesdale's confession follows:
The Election Day Sermon
"It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relive the darkening close of tale of human frality and sorrow" refers too
a rosebush
How was Pearl dressed on the day they visited the governor's house?
In a crimson dress embroidered with gold
How old is Pearl during chapters 13-15
7
Hester and Dimmesdale plan to
run away to Europe
Hester was buried near:
Dimmesdale
The setting of The Scarlet Letter is
Boston
How did Pearl first respond to Mr.Wilson's question about catechism?
She said she had been plucked from a rosebush
The letter "A" has been said to stand for?
Adultery
Able
Angel
sunshine symbolizes all of the following except
help
Where did Dimmesdale die?
on the scaffold
The majority of the women were pleased with the punishment to be inflicted on Hester
False
Who interceded on Hester's behalf regarding custody?
Dimmesdale
Who is dying while Dimmesdale stood on the scaffold?
Governor Winthrop
where did dimmesdale confess his sins
election day sermon
Why did Hester return to the town at the end of the novel?
It was the place of her sin and she wanted to repent.
Hawthorne described Hester as
"Dark-haired, tall, ladylike"
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
The governor's sister
To which religion does Hawthorne compare Dimmesdale's self-punishing behavior?
Catholicism
dimmesdales first reaction to hesters revelation is one of
anger
All of the following beliefs were held by the Puritan community about the presence of Dimmesdale's letter except that:
The Black Man made it appear